Tribes in Ancient India c10.13

c10.13

In the Cetiya Jātaka,⁴ we find a dynastic list of the ancestors of Upacara or Apacara, who was the ruler of Sotthivatinagara⁵ in the kingdom of Ceti. King Upacara had five sons one of whom went to the east, and founded Hatthipura; while the second son went to the south, and founded Assapura; the third to the west, and founded Sīhapura; the fourth to the north, and founded Uttarapañcāla; and the last son went to the north-west, and founded Daddarapura.